Cameron Teitelman is the Founder and CEO of StartX, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit that runs an accelerator for Stanford affiliated entrepreneurs. Under his management, StartX has supported more than 370 founders building 157 companies.

In September 2013, Teitelman secured a $3.6 million grant for StartX and launched the Stanford-StartX Fund with the university and Stanford Hospital & Clinics. The fund distributes an average of $3 million in funding for StartX companies, monthly. To date, Teitelman has raised $6 million in funding for the organization, which he began as an undergrad in 2009.

Prior to StartX, Teitelman also founded a startup called the Essential Card, a campus discount card. Teitelman received a Bachelor's of Science degree in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University in 2010.

Venture inside StartX, an educational non-profit that supports the development of passionate Stanford entrepreneurs. In this panel discussion, current and former members of the StartX community describe their experiences inside the accelerator and the value they received through a culture of collective intelligence and mentorship.

Venture inside StartX, an educational non-profit that supports the development of passionate Stanford entrepreneurs. In this panel discussion, current and former members of the StartX community describe their experiences inside the accelerator and the value they received through a culture of collective intelligence and mentorship.

Cameron Teitelman, founder and CEO of StartX, describes how and why the nonprofit's startup accelerator began -- namely, to increase the speed of innovation by fostering a support system where fledgling founders could turn to peers and mentors for advice. Teitelman also details StartX's evolving relationship with Stanford, in response to a question from Prof. Tina Seelig.

Cameron Teitelman, founder and CEO of StartX, talks about the most important factors that the nonprofit looks for in entrepreneurs applying to the accelerator program: an intrinsic passion for the problem they're addressing, a highly functioning team and the ability to build quickly and iterate.

In conversation with Prof. Tina Seelig, StartX Founder and CEO Cameron Teitelman, along with StartX entrepreneurs Joseph Huang, Milt McColl and Smita Saxena, discuss the importance of tailored mentorship, the benefits of being a mentor and a culture within the accelerator where peers and alumni are expected to help newer members succeed.

Cameron Teitelman, founder and CEO of StartX, describes how the nonprofit organization's metric for success is more than the market value that startups achieve. Besides counting up acquisitions and the dollar amounts invested in the companies, Teitelman says StartX, in keeping with its educational mission, measures the skills that founders gain in the accelerator program and the impact of those skills on their startup.